# @drwaheedarian on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CttmWAMpfWI
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/61859132-drwaheedarian-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/aed403ea47.jpg
- **Posted:** 2023-06-20T12:40:45.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Dr Waheed Arian (@drwaheedarian) — https://gondola.cc/drwaheedarian

## Caption

here’s to the people who move ✈️. 

This World Refugee Day, I’m sharing my humble journey from refugee camp to becoming a doctor:
👉1999 - having lived my entire childhood in Aghanistan war and camps, I was forced to leave family to seek safety in UK aged 15.
👉2001 - started A-levels despite not having much formal education or command of English.
👉2003 - got admitted to study medicine at Cambridge University despite many saying I was a refugee, wasn't white and not educated enough for any university.
👉2006 - graduated from Cambridge with first for my research and finished studies at Harvard and Imperial Universities despite battling PTSD and loneliness.
👉2010 - qualified as a doctor, and have since been proudly serving people in the NHS as a doctor and 🌎 as a philanthropist.

reposting this video because it seemed to be a favourite & i feel like so many people either resonate with this OR they really don’t. 

If there’s one thing I’ve learnt on this journey, it’s this: refugees are not victims. We are survivors, dreamers, contributors. The bravery of all those who seek safety should be celebrated.

🥰

#RefugeeDay #RefugeeWeek #ChooseLove

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